Match-safe



UNITED STATES Patented January 5. 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

MATCH-SAFE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 748,891, dated January 5, 1904.

` Application filed September 18, 1903. Serial No. 173,712. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JESSE R. THOMAS, acitizen of the United States, residing at Walnutgrove, in the county of Green and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and usefnl Improvements in Match-Safes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention combines in a structure of match-safes of the type provided with means for igniting matches a novel guard means also carried by the safe and disposed adjacent the igniting material thereon for preventing the sparks resulting from the scratching action ofthe matches from being thrown in dierent directions.

The essential object of the provision oi the guard means aforesaid is to avoid the liability of setting fire to any in flammable parts-curtains, lambrequins, or the like-which very often causes no small amount of damage in a manner which must be readily seen.

Fora full description of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means for eecting the result reference is to be had to the following description and drawings hereto attached.

While the essential and characteristic features of the invention are susceptible of modification, still the preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a detail perspective view of a match-safe of the structure embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line X X of Fig. l. the blank from which' the safe is formed. Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

The safe comprises a base l, provided with any suitable number of match-holding receptacles 2. The base is preferably made of sheet metal and formed from a blank substantially as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings,

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the said base and the laterally-disposed receptacle being formed of a single blank as before mentioned. The blank consists of the base l, having the lateral extensions 3, which are provided with other extensions 4. The extensions 3 Ywhen properly bent form the bodies of the receptacles 2 and the extensions i the bottoms'of the said receptacles. The match-igniting material -preferably sandpaper in this instanceis disposed approximately centrally of the base l and intermediate the receptacles 2. Longitudinal iianges or guards 6 are projected from the baseupon opposite sides of the igniting material, and the same are inwardly inclined, as shown clearly in Fig. 2, to more effectually confine the sparks which may be generated in the ignition ofthe match. The guards 6 also constitute the guides for directing the movement of the match as the same is drawn across the surface of the igniting material 5. An inwardly-inclined guard-flange 7 is also disposed at the lowermost end of the igniting material 5, and this flange ador-ds stop means for limiting the Vmovement of the match, as well as conning the sparks in one direction. The igniting material 5 is renewable, being adapted to be removed Whenever worn ont. Upon the upper portion of the base l and adjacent the upper ends of the guard-flanges 6 is disposed a receptacle 8, especiallydesigned to receive burned matches. The bottom of the said receptacle 8 is spaced from the base to admit of renewal of the igniting strip whenever desired, said bottom also confining the sparks from escape in one direction, thereby serving a double purpose.

The match-safe when constructed in accordance with my invention is extremely simple relative to the number of parts compos-v ing the same, therefore cheap as to the cost of manufacture. The safe may be suitably nished in nickel-plate, bronze, or the like, this latter depending upon the desires of the manufacturer of the article.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is In a match-safe, the combination with a elements to confine the sparks generated by base, an igniting-strip disposed upon the base, Contact of matches with the igniting-strip. :o longitudinal anges projected from the base Iii testimony whereof I affix my signature adjacent the igniting-strip, a stop-Harige also in presence of two Witnesses.

projected from the base at one end of the ig- JESSE R. THOMAS. [L. 8.] uiting-strip, and a ho1ding-reoeptao1e dis- Witnesses: posed at the opposite end of the igniting- J. R. VESTAL,

strip and eoperating with the adjacent ange W. L. PERRY. 

